Word: wanting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Marblehead" edict [Dec. 12] was handed down, and it's also too bad that it had to make the national news scene. As a Jewess, I am embarrassed for others of my religion if they were part of the reason that Christmas celebration was banned. I certainly want my own son to learn about and uphold his religion and its traditions and ideals. But boy-oh-boy. I also want him to know that there are others in this world who believe differently than he does...
VIET NAM. The war, which has claimed so many of his sons, leaves the Middle American in a moral perplexity. Most probably agree that the U.S. commitment was a mistake in the first place. Yet they want "an honorable withdrawal." The idea of a U.S. defeat troubles them. Edward Looney, a Brooklyn bus driver, lost a son a year ago; he was killed by a misdirected American shell. "We may find out some day that what we're doing in Viet Nam is wrong," he says, "but until then, it's my country right or wrong...
...have to be regulations. Everybody should give a part of their life to the military. I've seen too many people being let go, getting deferments that they really didn't deserve, too many kids going to school to get a deferment who didn't really want to go. And some poor guys who can't afford to go to college have to go into the service. This is very unfair...